The Voyage of the Vizcaína
The Mystery of Christopher Columbus's Last Ship
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, [2006]
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: 328 pages ; 24 cm
Lying in only twenty-five feet of water in a small gulf off the coast of Panama, a shipwrecked vessel managed to escape detection for centuries before it was discovered in the mid-1990s. In 2002, Klaus Brinkbäumer and Clemens Höges, journalists with the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel and also amateur divers, were the first to assemble a team of experts to analyze the remains. They determined that it was not only the oldest wreck ever found in the Western Hemisphere, but also verylikely the remains of the Vizcaína, one of the ships Christopher Columbus took on his last trip to the New World.
The Voyage of the Vizcaína, set to be published on the five-hundredth anniversary of Columbus's death, combines investigative journalism, archaeology, and historical re-creation to give us the fascinating story-and startling truths-behind Columbus's final attempt to reach the East by going west.
The Voyage of the Vizcaína, set to be published on the five-hundredth anniversary of Columbus's death, combines investigative journalism, archaeology, and historical re-creation to give us the fascinating story-and startling truths-behind Columbus's final attempt to reach the East by going west.
Contents:
The wreck in the Bay of Playa Damas -- Man without a home, man without a name -- The secret behind the great enterprise -- Monks and slave traders -- Tierra! tierra! -- The fallen hero -- The last voyage -- Shipwrecks and mutiny -- A ship without a name.
Subjects:
Columbus, Christopher -- Travel -- America.
Vizcaína (Ship)
Shipwrecks -- Panama.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
Panama -- Antiquities.
Columbus, Christopher -- Travel -- America.
Vizcaína (Ship)
Shipwrecks -- Panama.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
Panama -- Antiquities.
ISBN:
0151011869
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Exploration Americas Bri | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Translation of: Letzte Reise.
Maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-307) and index.
Maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-307) and index.